This second edition of How Good is Canadian Health Care? provides answers to a series of questions that are important to resolve if Canada is to make the correct choices as it amends its health care policies. In this study, we primarily compare Canada to other countries that also have universal access, publicly funded health care systems.

Myths abound on the issue of public versus private auto insurance. Some people posit that public auto insurance is safer, cheaper, less discriminatory, and more generous than private insurance.

Ontario's public health expenditures now total almost $32 billion and account for 6.4 percent of the provincial economy, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). They have grown by 60 percent in nominal terms over the past decade.